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Parent Issue
Day
9
Month
September
Year
1885
Copyright
Public Domain
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Ed. Courikr : Aii article in last week'g Coukibr on the park question inilit strike a very few persons fovorably. A park In a city would be a good thing to have, if iocated In a convenient place and coiuliicted right. But 110 one wants to carry the impression that tlie land aloQg tlie river or on tlie liigh bluffs near tho water supply basiu can be got for nothiiig, for tliey wil! be very imich mistaken. Land sells about as high there as anywherc around the city. Tliere could not be a good course for trotting horsea made tliere, as lt would be all up hill, and down a bad road to go out to reach the park. If a man wished to take i hack, It would be a long distance aiound, and wheu lie got back to the city he would be glad it was over with, and that would satisfy liini for all he would want of that park. Suppose it could be sccurcd without any trouble for a mere nominal gum, it is not siluated right for a park for this city. Then as far as the finalices of the city, they are very good at present. Of tlie saloon tax funds $4,500 goes to pay for water for fire purposes, and also the pólice and the support of the poor ure ptttd trom ttiis fund. If anythiug should reniain, there are plenty of improvements witliin the city that it can be used for. The day is not far distant when this city can and must provide a large fund to build sewers, for which it can safely calcúlate on $100,000, to be needed for that purpose, or more. The people see the need of it every year more tliau they do of a city park out in tlie country. Last spring the gutter tiles froze up and the most of the water run oft over the crosslngs and sldewalks and covered the litlcr with ice af'ter tlie first thaw, rendering the sidewalks veiy dangerous on account of ce. There are a great many people wlio see the ncetf of sewers all the time in their business, but t park is for a pleasure and If loeated in a convenient place, easy of access, miirht be a good tliiug. That scheme would be bad taste for a long time to come. A Citizen. Aun Akhou, Sept. 8, 1885. Ed. Courikk : Allow me to expresa through your valuable columns the obligations incurred hy soiue of the niembors of the Botánica) club connected with the association, whose meeting bas just been held in your city, since its adjournment. Public acknowlerïgenient was made to the originators of tlie visit to the tamarack swamp. In that interesting locality many plants were founcl, and the ownera of tlie teams bore witness to the quantity borne away in press and bouquet. By the kindness of Mrs. M. E. Foster, a resident of Ann Arbor for quite a number of years, and ander her guidance, a section of' the outskirts of the city was thoroughly exaniined. Her intímate knowledge of the plants theuiselves euabled her to take us very directly to their hiding places, and assist us in trnnsfi'rrin" them to our baskets - no easy matter when they grew on slippery rocks and in the deep mud. We carry to our homes in the east, and mail to the offlcers of tlie club rare and ntercsting specimens, trustiiig that they will jrow and flourish in Massachusetts as they do In Michigan. I will not atteinpt to enumérate tlicm by their naines, for printers, not spccially trainod to that vork, otti'ii iiiakc musí ludicroiis blunders. tuite lately a simple botanical statement appeared iu a wcll establislied oran of n large casteru city, teaming to have been struckby aeyclone,8Ostrangely were vowels and consonant transponed.

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Ann Arbor Courier
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